#understanding

Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving it as a craft, using it as a way of growing in my own understanding, seems to me to be a beautiful way to live. And if that product is shareable with other people, so much the better. ↗

— Jane Rule

#beautiful way #better #craft #else #far

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do. ↗

— John Ruskin

#first #great #great man #hesitation #his

The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#earth #even #greatly #his #imperfect

My understanding is, the fans are so ravenous in Canada, they gnaw on the stars. ↗

— William Shatner

#fans #gnaw #ravenous #stars #understanding

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#both #both sides #broad #cooperation #goodwill

Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#common #defined #else #essential #fire

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#become #individual #individual men #industry #men

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#break up #consequences #couples #families #many

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#makes #totally #understanding #very

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings. ↗

— Vicki Baum

#art #beings #between #demands #greatest